[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-damn-necromancer":3,"chapter-damn-necromancer-damn-necromancer-chapter-198":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Damn Necromancer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1212480,1580,"Chapter 198","damn-necromancer-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 198: Abyss (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But why did Medea betray the Eastern Witch Council? Isn’t that group like a dream for witches?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Medea was a great prospect in the Blood School. It was certain that she would be the next leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Like Ananke. But… The light was only temporary. She dabbled in forbidden magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forbidden magic?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leluya snapped her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a piece of paper popped out onto her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Special Criminal Wanted Poster]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Subject: Medea Eraser]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Crime List: Development and Experimentation of Forbidden Magic]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Exploitation and Amplification of Life Force]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Forcibly extracted the life force of seven hundred witches.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Forcibly imbued life force to turn witches into monsters and increase proficiency.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Caused a large-scale disaster in the First City.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wanted poster contained Medea’s face and a list of crimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, you’re saying she extracted the blood of others to strengthen herself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Close. She greatly enhanced her abilities through this magic and temporarily gained power comparable to a lesser god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But she lost control of herself. A large-scale disaster occurred. Many witches died in the First City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Eastern Witch Council considered this a serious violation of taboos. They expelled her from the Blood School, sealed her power, and ‘demoted’ her to the Heavenly City to have a time of atonement. Also…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leluya, glancing this way, continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…To make Medea perform a specific task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Simply put, to find something in the Heavenly City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—She couldn’t return to the Eastern Witch Council before that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But she ran away. Didn’t they send her too comfortably? They could’ve just imprisoned her or killed her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leluya sighed at those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Her talent is real. An excellent witch feeds ten thousand ordinary witches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It was a waste of talent to kill her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Even when sending her to the Heavenly City, they placed numerous restrictions on her. A large number of surveillance personnel were also dispatched. Escape was impossible in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But she did it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leluya rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, she sighed and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yes, she broke the seal. To some extent at least. That was an unexpected situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting that aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If she’s one of the Seven Lords, she’ll be in the 1st District. It’ll be hard to find her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medea was in the 1st District and he himself was in the 9th District. The chances of them meeting right now were slim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only way would be to lure Medea to the lower districts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘With what?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no particular reason for her to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s hard to imagine Medea coming down nicely if he called on her using the names of the Eastern Witch Council and Ananke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘They made a pact.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she said she had to grant three wishes. It’s hard to imagine her coming down nicely to grant them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless she’s hiding very well, he’ll meet her eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, much later, there was also the option of meeting Medea when he would go up to the 1st District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advantage is that by then, he would have built up enough power to confront Medea if any problems arise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disadvantage is that he wouldn’t be able to immediately utilize Medea, who seems like a useful pawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I also have the issue with the Red Flag right now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have preferred to meet her on his next trip to the Heavenly City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three wishes thing was pretty interesting, but what intrigued him the most is her ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a school related to blood, and he happened to have an artifact related to blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Blood Jade.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s an artifact that can absorb and collect blood to strengthen summoned creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t a witch of Medea’s caliber be able to influence this artifact?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he was interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Do you want to find her right away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Then there’s a way to summon her. I mentioned earlier that she once gained power comparable to a lesser god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We sealed that power and contained it in her heart. It would be a very tempting item for Medea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I currently have the heart. The benevolent Ananke gave it to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You’re going to give me her heart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—If you want it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You’re free to use it however you want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The conditions are too good?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, He and Ananke were currently in a cooperative relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that’s that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handing over an item that a special criminal would go crazy for is a different story, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I told you earlier. We asked Medea to find something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—She’ll need the power contained in the heart to find it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—In that sense, returning the heart wouldn’t be a bad thing. You become a sort of delivery person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting that aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Leluya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happens if I take it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Go to the Heavenly City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The heart is no different from her clone. Medea, sensing its beat, will come find you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Of course, she’ll try to take it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have an inventory. Will she still find it if I put it in there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—She won’t come if you’re on Earth. The distance is too great for her to sense it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But she’ll come to the Heavenly City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—No matter where you hide the heart, she won’t fail to sense it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh my.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’ll come even if he puts it in his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of a Seven Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I bind her securely by invoking Ananke’s name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It’s a pact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It’ll be possible to some extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—However, the pact isn’t an unlimited wish ticket. There will be limits to the requests. For example, she won’t just die obediently if you ask her to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leluya warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the explanation, Kim Minwoo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, let’s say he asks her to stop the Red Flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How hard she tries to stop them would depend on Medea’s feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That’s why they added the phrase ‘if she likes you’.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Medea likes him, she might fulfill the three wishes very actively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she doesn’t like him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could fulfill the wishes in a disastrous way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the core was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the heart and summon Medea right away, or don’t take it and find her later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s all there is to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His worries deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frankly, it wouldn’t be strange if Medea tried to kill him and steal the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’s unlucky, he’ll have to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reputation of the Seven Lords is not to be taken lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he win if he fought Medea right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘With the guidance of fate, it might be possible.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Future Park Siwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, if he summoned King Siwoo, he might be able to face her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The downside is the short duration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Medea would also suffer all sorts of penalties coming to the lower districts, so there was a chance of winning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘At least I can withstand one surprise attack.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the penalties would become severe, and Medea might retreat. Of course, fighting itself wasn’t a good option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t summoning her to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Are you really going to take it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Avoiding it isn’t my style.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could try to resolve it through conversation. If he could meet Medea early, he might be able to have a smooth journey in the Heavenly City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dangerous but attractive option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I can’t resist this.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was always the type to risk his life for a thrilling experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of a heartbeat echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gray heart was now placed on Leluya’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the size of a human heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sealed Heart]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank: Special]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The heart of the witch, Medea. A terrifying power wriggles within.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He received the heart and put it in his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days passed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the meantime, he finished preparing to go to the Abyss Lord’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three guild members gathered at the guild house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo, seemingly excited, snorted and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A party, it’s been a while. It’s the first time for Sister Siah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said, the last time they went on a party hunt was probably…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘An A-rank gate, the Giant Dungeon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a dungeon where giants of all professions appeared in sets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had drastically reduced the clear time there, making a name for themselves before facing the Ilsung Guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot had changed between then and now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only two or three months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Kim Minwoo was a newbie who hadn’t even reached level 250, but now it was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Level 491.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was among the top 2% of all Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From level 501 onwards, they were considered S-rank Awakened, and S-rank was just a label, but for most Awakened, it was an insurmountable hurdle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Usually, they hit a limit level.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 300.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level cap for ninety-nine out of a hundred people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What level are you Siah?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“162.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Siwoo, you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem. I raised mine quite a bit. 331.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, you passed A-rank?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I worked hard. Still a long way to go, though.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Yerim?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“541.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Minwoo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Park Siwoo or Seo Yerim’s growth was slow, it was just that his growth rate was abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just take Park Siwoo, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 331 in just six months after Awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Kim Minwoo, who had been playing this game for nearly 15 years, had never seen such a speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella, who set the world record, took about a month to reach level 51.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching level 200 in six months would be a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, considering the structure of the game where the experience required for leveling up increases drastically, reaching level 331 in half a year was by no means a slow growth rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same went for Seo Yerim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they first met, her level was around the early 400s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it’s 540, a difference of 140 levels, but considering the required experience, it was a tremendous leveling speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Han Siah is a newbie who just started.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, from her perspective, being Awakened since birth, she had been Awakened the longest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that she was confined in the Griff family mansion and only followed the academy curriculum for hunting in Korea, it wasn’t strange for her level to be low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I heard she didn’t like hunting much anyway.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she enjoy hunting by using the magic she hated so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leveling up might have been just a formality for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guild members seemed to have finished their preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leluya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The witch nodded and reached out her hand. At that moment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swirling power gathered in one place. A small dot spread out into a surface and transformed into a circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A round portal opened its mouth like a maw. It was a portal filled with pitch-black energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This is a portal connected to the Abyss Lord’s residence. The Lord resides in the Abysmal Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Abyss peers into everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Nightmarish memories, happy days, joyful memories. If you get swallowed, it’s over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss Lord’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard it was a space filled with a pitch-black abyss like a vast sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘They said it inflicts a kind of mental attack.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the deepest part of that abyss, where the darkness is most profound, the Lord lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is that the closer you get to the deepest part, the stronger the mental attack becomes, driving you insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s so dangerous that even a Grand Witch can’t reach the deepest part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Once every 100 years.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Abyss Lord comes out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the only time it’s easy to hunt it. Luckily, that time is now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a time when the Abyss Lord appears on the outskirts, so they can hunt it without being greatly affected by the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go hunting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Minwoo was the first to step into the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the scenery changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Entering the Abysmal Sea!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a space filled with thick black fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>",2006,"2026-06-03T14:21:21.388Z","2026-06-03T14:21:27.249Z",1,"novelbin.me","91344eef6c7169122d1f940f18b49784caa272914cc725df9a34ddd0effeec6b","damn-necromancer-chapter-199","damn-necromancer-chapter-197",362,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdamn-necromancer-cover.jpg"]